Commander

Celes, Rune Knight

Global commander stats {R} {W} {B} All Mardu commanders Featured in Final Fantasy
Win Rate 36%
538 Wins
923 Losses
Overview

Summary

Celes, Rune Knight is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,470 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (538–923) at an Elo of 1,652, ranking #213 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 200 damage dealt and 0.72 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Celes, Rune Knight's win rate?
Celes, Rune Knight has a 36% win rate across 1470 recorded Playgroup games (538 wins, 923 losses).
How long do winning games with Celes, Rune Knight take?
Wins with Celes, Rune Knight take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 17 days.
How many decks use Celes, Rune Knight?
509 decks list Celes, Rune Knight as their commander on Playgroup, of which 339 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
213
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1652
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 200
Average commander damage per game 441507
Average poison counters given per game 4
Average kills per game 0.72
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 509
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 339
No. games played with this commander 1470
Total hours played 17 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1844 Kazaandu 66 42
2 1656 Flavio Carvalho 9 6
3 1569 Dallama Dallan 2 2
4 1566 BetterAshThanDust 6 4
5 1547 xatoliuk 2 1
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Celes, Rune Knight wins, 41.81% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
41.81%
Non Combat Damage
27.55%
Combo
24.7%
Alternative
2.85%
Mill
1.66%
Commander Damage
1.43%
Avg win turn 8.0 based on 556 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Celes, Rune Knight

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Celes, Rune Knight decks that leave them out.

+13.2 pp
Top card: Obstinate Gargoyle
# Card Lift
1
Obstinate Gargoyle
Obstinate Gargoyle 72 games
+13.2 pp
2
Putrid Goblin
Putrid Goblin 62 games
+8.2 pp
3
Victimize
Victimize 95 games
+5.1 pp
4
Murderous Redcap
Murderous Redcap 86 games
+4.1 pp
5
Faithless Looting
Faithless Looting 46 games
+3.3 pp
6
Persist
Persist 52 games
+2.7 pp
7
Puppeteer Clique
Puppeteer Clique 49 games
+1.2 pp

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Celes, Rune Knight wins 100.0% of games from position 6 and 28.94% from position 4 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
45.6% n=409
2
Seat 2
37.3% n=429
3
Seat 3
31.79% n=390
4
Seat 4
28.94% n=235
5
Seat 5
35.71% n=28
6
Seat 6
100.0% n=1
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Celes, Rune Knight wins 34.53% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
34.53% n=417
1
1 mulligan
37.34% n=304
2
2 mulligans
29.57% n=115
3
3 mulligans
23.68% n=38
4
4 mulligans
12.5% n=8
5
5 mulligans
50.0% n=2
6
6 mulligans
0.0% n=2
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Celes, Rune Knight 3.97/5 on average, across 999 self-reports.

3.97 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Celes, Rune Knight wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.8% of the time across 556 tracked wins.

69.8 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Celes, Rune Knight. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

Top 5 worst matchups

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